A new law goes into effect this summer where OOS students get in-state tuition at any college when using GI benefits. Many states waive the 3 year rule for retirees and their spouse/children). The new law goes into effect on July 1st.
@icuinNm, the article states veterans using the GI Bill get in-state tuition rate. Not sure how this would affect military dependents who use the GI Bill transferred from their veteran parent.
It transfers to the not just the veteran, otherwise the VA will disprove funding for the school causing it to loose a great deal of money.
“Section 702 of the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 (“Choice Act”), requires VA to disapprove programs of education for payment of benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill and Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty at public institutions of higher learning if the schools charge qualifying Veterans and dependents tuition and fees in excess of the rate for resident students for terms beginning after July 1, 2015.
These new requirements will ensure that our Nation’s recently discharged Veterans, and their eligible family members, will not have to bear the cost of out-of-state charges while using their well-deserved education benefits.”
States do not have to offer ALL veterans and qualifying family members in-state tuition past the three years of discharge from the military, but some states do offer it without the three year rule, including my state.
It isn’t automatic that a dependent will get in state tuition for an OOS and will have to determine if they can get a waiver based on the state in which they will use the GI Bill.
I always advise contacting the Veterans Service Office at the school you plan to attend.
Based on the new law, schools that don’t offer in-state tuition to qualifying dependents will lose a lot of money. It seems illogical that a state school would not honor the law. If a school doesn’t honor it, the VA will withhold funds for ALL students attending that school with GI benefits – a potential loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
This is from page 2 from the link I posted above in post #6:
"WHAT HAPPENS IF A STATE DOES NOT OFFER IN-STATE TUITION AND FEES TO ALL “COVERED INDIVIDUALS”?
The law requires VA to disapprove programs of education for everyone training under the Post-9/11
GI Bill and the Montgomery GI Bill –Active Duty (MGIB-AD) if in-state tuition and fees are not offered to all “covered individuals.”
WHAT STEPS MUST BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS CAN RECEIVE VA GI BILL BENEFITS AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MY STATE?
States must ensure all public institutions of higher learning offering VA-approved programs charge
in-state tuition and fees to “covered individuals” as described, to include same-sex spouses and children (biological, adopted, pre-adoptive, and stepchildren of same-sex spouses) after July 1, 2015. To ensure compliance, States should consider offering in-state tuition and fees to all individuals eligible for benefits under the Post-9/11 and MGIB-AD programs.
WHEN DO STATES HAVE TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS?
Public institutions must offer in-state tuition and fees to all “covered individuals” for Veterans and family members to be eligible to receive GI Bill benefits for training beginning after July 1, 2015. VA will not issue payments for any students eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill or the MGIB-AD until the school becomes fully compliant. VA is in the process of developing waiver criteria for States that are actively pursuing changes to comply with these provisions. More information regarding the waiver criteria will be included in a regulation published in the Federal Register."
The Law applies to “Recently discharged veterans”.
It doesn’t address what happens if the veteran has established residency in one state or exceeded the 3 year discharge date and the dependent wants to attend school in another state. It doesn’t appear the state has to offer in-state tuition in that case.
I don’t want a dependent to believe they will get the instate tuition rate when its possible they will pay the OOS rate.
I said exactly what you wrote in your post above this one and I provided links regarding the three years from discharge deadline. Some states grant the in-state tuition regardless of the timeline, but no state has to do this and many don’t. My original point was that the in-state tuition benefits now carryover to spouses and dependents within 3 year of discharge. YMMV after three years of discharge.
Children of those still serving can use the GI Bill, but this law doesn’t apply to them. Thus the clarification. All states must offer in-state to dependents living in the state in which the service member is stationed and the state of residence, but a student can’t just pick an out-of-state school and expect in-state rates just because he is using the GI Bill.